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Interview
Reynolds disc
his successes,
By David Baker the Aca<
FHm Critic REYNC
GAMECOCK: To what do you attribute good pc
the success of the Smofeev and the Bandit Grant tl
films? the perf
REYNOLDS: The first was just a lot of luck GAMEC
and a lot of really nice people getting People':
together and having a good time. And it REYN(
showed onscreen. I hope that's what's going than an
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a comedown after doing films like Starting when y
Over? make a
REYNOLDS: I've consistently said that I'll REYN(
do three pictures for the public and one for not gon
me. I did that one for me, so now I'm doing have a
three more for the public. hard w
GAMECOCK: What made Starting Over don't a
special to you? thathai
REYNOLDS: I loved doing Starting GAME*
71 (Starting Over) was as artistic
and everybody was nominated, inc
not me. So ! think I'd better go back
Over . It was closer to me than anything you did
I've ever done. It was very hard for me to REYN<
expose a lot of those areas that I didn't want Nickelc
to expose. Quite honestly, I expected to get Long L<
a lot more scripts like that after that picture GAM
and I haven't gotten any. Parton
GAMECOCK: Do you consider your per- version
formance in Starting Over to be your best Texas?
work? REYN<
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ever done. It was as artistic as I'm ever she did
gonna get and everybody was nominated, unless
including the camera, but not me. So I think talk to 1
I'd better go back to jumping cars. Maybe In fact,
that's what the public wants. Obviously, GAME
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Choice Awards?
LDS: The People's Choice is better
Oscar. And the reason I say that is
jr won an Oscar.
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LDS: At this point in my life, I'm
la do any more films unless I can
;ood time. It's just too damn much
irk and it's too painful when they
me out right after you've worked
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are a package deal for the film
of The Best Little Whorehouse in
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